Nano Beauty (updated)

So I have decided to add more Zoanthid. I love the vibrant colours of different polyps. Hopefully they will spread.



I am keeping a Feather Star temporarily. I was wondering if anyone has had any long term success with any species of feather stars? Right now, it looks healthy and vibrant, sticking itself next to the Xenia, and greedily eat any reef-roids mixture I added in.

 

i really like your reef, looks like a real piece of a natural reef the sun coral is fantastic

 

+1 Looks even better with the Zoas now 8)

 

sweet looking scape

 

Love that dendro. You have a beautiful tank there!

 

Yup I love that Sun Coral! Now they also open on the day time, while they used to open only at night. I have trained them by feeding during the light on only.

My next task is try to persuade the clowns to host either the torch or the frogspawn. At the moment, to my dismay, they just content staying near the surface.

I am still waiting if there's anyone who knows about Crinoid. My feather star sleeps on the day and more active on the night. I just hope I won't starve it to death ><

 

To answer your question about the Crinoid (feather star) No, no one has had any real long term success with them. In order to have a chance you need to feed continuously throughout the day and keep near perfect stability of your parameters. They are fully Non-Photosynthetic. Also, you will need to focus on very small particles of food.

 

I am thinking about this guy: Fish & Coral Food :: Auto Feeders :: Auto Feeder 500ml - MicroReef - Everyday Marine Keeping Essentials, Filtration & Marine Fish Foods to have a slow constant supply of plankton feed to the aquarium. The only problem I see is the algae bloom. I have heard/read a lot of difficulties in keeping Crinoid, but there are also some success. Do you think it's worthy to give it a try?

 

More photos below, enjoy!

 

looks great i hope the GBTA doesnt wonder around on you killing everything...fish hangin out at the top of the tank is often a sign of poor gas exchange, especially if they start gasping.